VIRGIN RIVER LANES
champs Jeremy Bellflower & Brandon Allred
Brandon Allred ended a frustrating stretch of events by winning his first scratch title, while Jeremy Bellflower tasted victory for the first time in JBT SW action at Virgin River Bowling Center.
A tiny field made the trip, and thus were rewarded by an easier than usual shot at valuable JBT points, and reaped the benefits of our minimum scholarship guarantees, which allowed us to award $1,065 to just 32 bowlers.
The scratch finals opened with two-time defending champ Nathan Panaligan defeating first-time finalist Derick Parnell 226-162. In round two, Nathan took on another stepladder rookie, and the results were similar as Panaligan cruised 177-139. In the semifinals, 2003-04 Mojave conference Bowler of the Year Philip Schwartz finally stopped Nathan's bid for a three-peat, 237-205, to advance to his first title match of the year.
Top qualifier Allred had suffered a couple of heartbreaking near-misses of the finals, but took advantage of early miscues by Schwartz to build an early lead. Brandon won the match 191-171, earning the first scratch title of his JBT SW career, to go with a handicap win to open last season.
The handicap division stepladder opened up with newcomer Alex Montes getting past Adam Stroud by a 205-144 margin. Round two was a struggle, but in the end Montes defeated Darcie Staggs 136-115 to move on. Bellflower and Montes then hooked up in another war of attrition, but Jeremy righted the ship quicker, leading to a 155-142 win to advance to the title match.
Top qualifier Amanda Dewees had led for most of the day, but was unable to pull away from Bellflower. In the end, Amanda needed a spare plus count to win. Leaving a 10-pin, Amanda unfortunately missed the spare by a hair, giving Bellflower a 159-152 win, and his first JBT SW title.
| Virgin River- final results and optional scholarship winners | ||||
| Mojave Conference | ||||
| 10/17/2004 | ||||
| Scratch Division | ||||
| rank | name | city | score | prize |
| 1 | Brandon Allred | Las Vegas, NV | m 43 | $230 |
| 2 | Philip Schwartz | Oro Valley, AZ | m 65 | $230 |
| 3 | Nathan Panaligan | North Las Vegas, NV | m 100 | $70 |
| 4 | Andrew Decker | Las Vegas, NV | m 89 | $50 |
| 5 | Derick Parnell | Las Vegas, NV | m 150 | $20 |
| 6 | Chris Kagawa | Las Vegas, NV | m 250 | |
| 7 | Daniel Hansak | Las Vegas, NV | m 267 | |
| 8 | Bobby Sherman | Las Vegas, NV | m 269 | |
| 9 | DJ Sloan | Las Vegas, NV | m 157 | |
| 10 | Kurt Plotkin | Las Vegas, NV | m 165 | |
| 11 | Jerimiah Wiltfang | Lake Havasu City, AZ | m 184 | |
| 12 | Matt Cossey | Henderson, NV | m 188 | |
| 13 | Chris Hooks | Henderson, NV | m 243 | |
| 14 | Cayson Coyle | Las Vegas, NV | m 245 | |
| 15 | Eddie Schaub | Las Vegas, NV | m 256 | $20 |
| 16 | Johnny Ray | Las Vegas, NV | m 261 | |
| 17 | Cody Raynoha | Las Vegas, NV | m 397 | |
| Handicap Division | ||||
| rank | name | city | score | prize |
| 1 | Jeremy Bellflower | Las Vegas, NV | p 42 | $200 |
| 2 | Amanda Dewees | Las Vegas, NV | p 91 | $100 |
| 3 | Alex Montes | Las Vegas, NV | m 39 | $75 |
| 4 | Darcie Staggs | Bullhead City, AZ | m 8 | $40 |
| 5 | Adam Stroud | Las Vegas, NV | m 51 | $20 |
| 6 | Brandon Dauphinais | Henderson, NV | m 154 | $20 |
| 7 | Steven Slivka | Las Vegas, NV | m 167 | |
| 8 | Travis Stroud | Las Vegas, NV | m 202 | |
| 9 | Kealey Fukuyama | Las Vegas, NV | m 95 | |
| 10 | Maddie Pellegrino | Henderson, NV | m 123 | |
| 11 | Jordan Ferrer | Las Vegas, NV | m 148 | |
| 12 | Hanna Chipman | Las Vegas, NV | m 152 | |
| 13 | John Haggerty | Las Vegas, NV | m 155 | |
| 14 | Kelly White | henderson, NV | m 207 | |
| 15 | Taylor McKenrick | Henderson, NV | m 226 | $10 |
| 300 Games: none | ||||
| Cuts: scratch: minus 153, handicap: minus 91 | ||||
| High Games: scratch: Schaub 233, Schwartz 226, Decker 223. handicap: Dauphinais 255, Montes 230, McKenrick 203. | ||||
| Jr. Gold Qualifiers: none | ||||
| Storm Ball Winner: Chris Kagawa | ||||
| Stepladder Results: | ||||
| Scratch: | ||||
| Panaligan def. Parnell 226-162 | ||||
| Panaligan def. Decker 177-139 | ||||
| Schwartz def. Panaligan 237-205 | ||||
| Allred def. Schwartz 191-171 | ||||
| Handicap: | ||||
| Montes def. Stroud 205-144 | ||||
| Montes def. Staggs 136-115 | ||||
| Bellflower def. Montes 159-142 | ||||
| Bellflower def. Dewees 159-152 | ||||
| TOTAL AWARDED THIS EVENT: $1,065 | ||||